Assistant Manager - Global IP and Ethernet Engineering

Broad outline of the Role

• Responsible for enhancement of existing or new development of network (or network tower) architecture and components as per the business requirements within the set timeline. This is an operational role, responsible for delivering results that have direct impact on day-to-day platform planning and network operations.

Purpose - Broad objective of the role

Size and Scope of Role - No. of direct reports

Size and Scope of Role - Total team size

Minimum qualification & experience

• Technical/ Engineering degree with 4-7 years of relevant experience

Other knowledge/skills

• Experience of network planning and implementation across multiple layers
• Experience in lifecycle management of network infrastructure
• Experience in sizing/design the infrastructure.
• Experience on network migration tools
• Good technical knowledge for analysing the logs and troubleshooting the issue.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure timely rollout of network enhancement and optimization projects.
• Involved in the design of the network (or network tower) architecture and network equipment planning.
• Perform technical analysis of software, hardware, and network systems, systems engineering for front-end processors, multiplexes, LAN/WAN communications, network nodes, switches, tower analysis and various transmission systems.
• Analyse traffic flows and trends, route planning, network optimisation, routing solutions and forecast of traffic.
• Perform integration with existing systems and conduct service validation prior to hand over to Service Operations team.
• Direct the assurance team in adopting measures for fault rate and ticket rate reduction.
• Support the service assurance during network failure situations.
• Support Pre-Sales team for non-standard solution or any new platform/technology solution evaluation and testing.
• Involved in strengthening or maintenance work for existing telecom tower and telecom tower foundation.

Technical Competencies

Strong organizational and customer service skills.
• Experience with stress testing tools (i.e.: Spirent, IXIA) and test methodologies;• BE in Electronic & Telecom or Information Technology;
• Knowledge of networking (routers/switches)
• Strong knowledge of Networking Technologies: BGP/MPBGP, OSPF, ISIS, STP/RSTP/MSTP, Ethernet, IPSec VPN, DMVPN, Segment Routing, QoS.
• Strong knowledge of MPLS VPN services: L2/L3VPNs, SR-EVPN
• Knowledge and proficiency in Systems: Linux, Windows, Python or Shell scripting, PHP
• Knowledge and proficiency in Network Automation tools: Ansible/Ansible playbooks, Python, Cisco NSO, Ciena MDSO,
• Knowledge and proficiency in working with REST API and performing application to application API integration.
• CCNA/CCIP or CCIE, Python, RHEL certifications.
• At least 2 years' experience in network related test automation;
• Experience with Python in automation framework script;
• Experience with Virtualization technologies (e.g. KVM or VMWare or Kubernetes);
• Experience and knowledge Cloud Services (e.g Azure, AWS or GCP) and architecture. Prior Knowledge of Azure express route or Amazon Direct Connect services will be an added advantage.
• Experience with Network Orchestration and Automation projects. Prior experience of having worked on Cisco NSO or Ciena MDSO products will be added advantage.

Knowledge / Skills